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The Great Plague of London, lasting from 1665 to 1666, was the most recent major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in England. It happened within the centuries-long Second Pandemic , a period of intermittent bubonic plague epidemics that originated in Central Asia in 1331 (the first year of the Black Death ), and included related diseases ...
In 1563, London experienced its worst episode of plague during the sixteenth century. At least 20,136 people in London and surrounding parishes were recorded to have died of plague during the outbreak. [2] Around 24% of London's population ultimately perished, [3] but the plague affected London's unsanitary parishes and neighbourhoods the most. [4]
The 1603 London plague epidemic was the first of the 17th century and marked the transition from the Tudor to the Stuart period. While sources vary as to the exact number of people killed, around one-fifth of London's population is estimated to have died. [ 3 ]
Government letters indicated that the plague was "very hot" in London by 12 June and that the queen's royal court "was out in places, and a great part of the household is cut off." [14] [11] By August Queen Elizabeth's royal court had evacuated to Windsor Castle in order to escape the increasingly dangerous outbreak in London.
Articles relating to the Great Plague of London (1665-1666) and its depictions. Pages in category "Great Plague of London" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
This was much lower than the mortality rate of 10–20 percent witnessed in Bristol's Plague epidemics of 1565, 1575, 1603–1604 and 1645. [101] The Great Plague of 1665–66 was the last major outbreak in England. It is best known for the famous Great Plague of London, which killed 100,000 people (20 per cent of the population) in the capital ...
1720 English edition, page 1. Loimologia, or, an historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665, With precautionary Directions against the like Contagion is a treatise by Dr. Nathaniel Hodges (1629–1688), originally published in London in Latin (Loimologia, sive, Pestis nuperæ apud populum Londinensem grassantis narratio historica) in 1672; an English translation was later published in ...
Great Plague of London: Bubonic plague killed an estimated 100,000 people, 20% of London's population. 1665: Derby plague: The bubonic plague spread north, but was stalled by the famous quarantine of Eyam. 1665–66: Long drought followed by a hot summer: Every month from November 1665 to September 1666 was dry.
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